"David Gerard" wrote rather tesily (and who can really blame him?):
Polls are evil and stupid and tend in practice on en: to be used to force through stupid ideas in the hope no-one will notice the poll. For further evidence, check: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_locations Apparently started by some new users and sent under the radar. Go help kill some of these stupid ideas.
To be fair, there is some mileage in confirming that almost all metadata labels should be placed on the Talk Page, and being able to point to a decision could come in handy later. I'm noting several people whose opinions I have come to respect (Angela and Raul654 most prominently) taking part in the discussion and so far I think I'm agreeing with them mostly.
It is obvious upon reading (unless I've massively misunderstood) that certain parties think that metadata is so important that it should be prominently displayed in the article itself. This includes whether a given article comes under the aegis of any particular WikiProject, which IMNSHO is verging on the insane.
With a bit of luck, this attempt can be made to back-fire completely, and these (in some case extremely ugly) labels can be safely relocated to the appropriate Talk Pages where they can be happy and productive. Maybe they could even be made pretty, although holding of breath is probably contraindicated.